Comments on: Illness Strikes Down U.S. Military http://www.sciscoop.com/2003-9-10-71246-9252.html Scooping up science news and dropping it on your desk Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:03:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: chad http://www.sciscoop.com/2003-9-10-71246-9252.html/comment-page-1#comment-863 chad Sun, 14 Sep 2003 05:39:52 +0000 http://localhost/~arielschwartz/wordpress/sciscoop/?p=628#comment-863 This article reminds me of the major flu pandemic in 1918. Approximately a quarter of the world's population caught the flu, and an estimated 40 million people died. For some reason, it targeted people in the age range of 20 to 40. (There is a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0743203984">good book</a> about the pandemic.) <p> World War I was in full force at this time, and many, many American troops died of the flu. I recall reading that more of them died from flu than from combat. A good number of the troop deaths occurred in the U.S., at training camps in the Northeast. These poor men never had a chance. This article reminds me of the major flu pandemic in 1918. Approximately a quarter of the world’s population caught the flu, and an estimated 40 million people died. For some reason, it targeted people in the age range of 20 to 40. (There is a good book about the pandemic.)

World War I was in full force at this time, and many, many American troops died of the flu. I recall reading that more of them died from flu than from combat. A good number of the troop deaths occurred in the U.S., at training camps in the Northeast. These poor men never had a chance.

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